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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 521; in 2008, chapters 822<\/a> and 830<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1502849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":376102,"identifier":"64.2-2503","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2503","url":"\/64.2-2503\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2503\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2503","dublin_core":{"Title":"Concurrent ownership with or without survivorship","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2503","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The death of the decedent<\/span> caused by the slayer<\/span> results in the vesting of the slayer<\/span>’s interest in property<\/span> held by the decedent<\/span> and the slayer<\/span> as tenants by the entirety or any other form of ownership with the right of survivorship in the estate of the decedent<\/span> as though the slayer<\/span> had predeceased the decedent<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The death of the decedent<\/span> caused by the slayer<\/span> results in the severance of the slayer<\/span>’s interest in property<\/span> held by the decedent<\/span> and the slayer<\/span> as joint tenants, joint owners, or joint obligees without the right of survivorship and the share of the decedent<\/span> passes as a part of his estate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONCURRENT OWNERSHIP WITH OR WITHOUT SURVIVORSHIP (\u00a7 64.2-2503)\n\nA. The death of the decedent caused by the slayer results in the vesting of the\nslayer’s interest in property held by the decedent and the slayer as\ntenants by the entirety or any other form of ownership with the right of\nsurvivorship in the estate of the decedent as though the slayer had predeceased\nthe decedent.\n\nB. The death of the decedent caused by the slayer results in the severance of\nthe slayer’s interest in property held by the decedent and the slayer as\njoint tenants, joint owners, or joint obligees without the right of survivorship\nand the share of the decedent passes as a part of his estate.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7\u00a7 55-405, 55-406; 1992, c. 521; 2008, cc. 822, 830;\n2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}